Avery Robinson
By Avery Robinson
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Food Sweeter New Year with Apple Cider
Before my blood ran Michigan maize and blue, I would not be surprised if it were apple cider for 4 months out of the year. Beginning every Labor Day weekend and lasting through Thanksgiving, my neighborhood mill has churned out the best cider one could hope for—pure, unadulterated, unpasteurized, unfiltered, fresh, and preservative-free. As far…
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Recipes Jews: The People of Garlic
I grew up avoiding garlic. Pesto did not exist in my house, garlic bread was unique to summer camp, and dishes would begin with plain cooked onions. My family was the antithesis of everything culinary ethnography told me was Jewish. Apparently, we are “the people of garlic,” but if you had spent any time in…
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Food Kugel for the Soul: Recipes for Health
“I beg to differ…what you have made is NOT a kugel.” This is the opening line to a comment by Jezzie in Scottsdale, AZ in a recent New York Times article, named “Kugel Challenge.” What started out as simple question to replicate a quinoa kugel featured at a dinner has turned into one of the…
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Food A Thanksgiving Tradition With Toppings
While many Americans are busy gorging themselves on turkey, stuffing, dressing, pies, and a handful of other victuals, I’ll be enjoying my family time in lieu of a tryptophanic, calorie-induced food coma. But how did my family get so lucky that we are able to avoid this (great?) American pastime? And what will we be…
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Food Choosing Food for the Chosen People
Last week I bought an impromptu ticket for New York, not because there was a great deal or I found Broadway tickets for next-to-nothing, but because I came across a blurb about a conference on the Future of Jewish Food. A conversation focused solely on what is Jewish food and where it is headed —…
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